Terahertz optical gain based on intersubband transitions in optically pumped semiconductor quantum wells: Coherent pump-probe interactions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1207-1209

  Liu, Ansheng ^a,b   Ning, C Z ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS (QW); TERAHERTZ OPTICAL GAIN;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0032621780     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124643     Document Type: Article

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